IC XI travel day

Friday morning's very early start was a bit of a shock to the system, but at least it meant that we were at the Desert Springs resort in good time to unpack, change and stroll over to the clubhouse bar for a spot of lunch in the sun:

The view of the 18th and 1st fairways from the roof terrace of the villa that Bill, Peter and I shared:

It transpired that this was by far the widest strip of grass on the entire Indiana course - although you could see little of it from the tees.

We had dinner in the resort's Crocodile Club that evening and were all in fine fettle for the challenge starting the following morning - all except Bill, that is - he'd just flown in from his holiday in the States and suffered all week from a chronic cough - but beware the injured golfer!